Elon Musk now holds greater power over the area where SpaceX launches its rockets, expanding the company’s ability to control local planning and taxation.

"Starbase, Texas, is now a real city," said Elon Musk after a vote decided the future of his SpaceX workplace.

A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city was approved by a lopsided margin among the small group of voters who live there and are mostly Musk’s employees at SpaceX. With all the votes ...

Residents of a small South Texas town that's home to Elon Musk’s SpaceX have voted to incorporate into a new city.